It may have rained in some parts of Ottawa on Thursday evening, but the moisture deficit is so serious that a three-day deluge would be needed to rectify it.

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If it seems like this has been an unusually dry growing season, it’s now official. Article content

From May 1 to Aug. 8 , Ottawa received the same paltry rainfall it did in the “drought” year of 2012. In those 100 days, there was 174.5 millimetres of rain, compared to 175 millimetres for the same period 13 years ago, climatologist David Phillips said. Article content Article content

It may have rained in some parts of Ottawa on Thursday evening, but the moisture deficit is so serious that a three-day deluge would be needed to rectify it.

“Any rain that does fall will just run off the ground like it’s concre

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